[Jay Redhawk]

That timeline would suggest that they found the rifle and shotgun shortly after the shooting stopped. But the entire situation could not have been completely assessed by that time, and I think it unlikely that the police would leave a loaded shotgun in an unsecured area even if it was in the trunk of a car. It would have taken much more time to secure the area and make sure there were no other perpetrators around. I also think that the report of a “rifle and shotgun” found would suggest that both were found at the same time. That short timeline and the intensity of the situation makes it unlikely that two separate gun finds, the rifle in the school and the shotgun in the trunk, would be reported at the same time. Something stinks about how the guns were handled by the police. It also seems odd that the police would call in a gun find to the dispatcher.

[Iscool]

And according to the dispatch timeline, the last shot were heard around 9:46 and 7 minutes later, the entire school had been ‘cleared’...Those guys were unbelievably quick...

[Uncle Chip]

I think it unlikely that the police would leave a loaded shotgun in an unsecured area even if it was in the trunk of a car.

Depends upon what police procedure in that situation is.

Were they supposed to post an armed guard over the shotgun???

Were they supposed to carry it with them into the school -- another weapon in the school for the perp[s] in there to get their hands on possible???

And that car was part of the crime scene at that point and the fingerprints on that weapon might have been important.

So why take it with you into a live shooting zone??

I'm sure it was the subject of the following police department meeting.